Estimating the Willingness to Pay to Protect Coral Reefs from Potential Damage Caused by Climate Change - The Evidence from Taiwan
學年 104
學期 1
出版（發表）日期 2015-12-30
作品名稱 Estimating the Willingness to Pay to Protect Coral Reefs from Potential Damage Caused by Climate Change - The Evidence from Taiwan
作品名稱（其他語言）
著者 William Wei-Chun Tseng; Shu-Han Hsu; Chi-Chung Chen
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出版者
著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 Marine pollution bulletin 101(2), p.556-565
摘要 Coral reefs constitute the most biologically productive and diverse ecosystem, and provide various goods and services including those related to fisheries, marine tourism, coastal protection, and medicine. However, they are sensitive to climate change and rising temperatures. Taiwan is located in the central part of the world's distribution of coral reefs and has about one third of the coral species in the world. This study estimates the welfare losses associated with the potential damage to coral reefs in Taiwan caused by climate change. The contingent valuation method adopted includes a pre-survey, a face-to-face formal survey, and photo illustrations used to obtain reliable data. Average annual personal willingness to pay is found to be around US$35.75 resulting in a total annual willingness to pay of around US$0.43 billion. These high values demonstrate that coral reefs in Taiwan deserve to be well preserved, which would require a dedicated agency and ocean reserves.
關鍵字 Coral reefs;Climate change;Non-market valuation
語言 en_US
ISSN 1879-3363
期刊性質 國外
收錄於 SSCI
產學合作
通訊作者
審稿制度 否
國別 GBR
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出版型式 ,電子版
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